Kenji Mizoguchi reflects the personal experiences of his sister’s life as a geisha and his father’s business and financial failure onto the big screen. The UCLA Film and Television Archive is showing nine of Mizoguchi’s films from Jan. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Television Archive is currently screening the films of Kenji Mizoguchi at the Billy Wilder Theater. The first screening of Mizoguchi’s film “Ugetsu” took place Friday to open the month-long series. (Courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archives)

Romantic, adventurous and able-bodied, Cary Elwes’ character in “The Princess Bride” delivers a variety of often-quoted lines as Westley. One of them became the namesake of Elwes and Joe Layden’s book, “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of The Princess Bride,” a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. Read more...

Photo: (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Epic stories of religious and historical significance such as Cleopatra and the Ten Commandments stand the test of time, documented in novels and history books, and flew off the pages and onto the the big screen in the early 20th century under the direction of Cecil B. Read more...

Photo: American director Cecil B. DeMille, who directed films such as the 1934 “Cleopatra,” is being honored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive with a two month-long series of DeMille’s work at the Billy Wilder Theater. (Courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive)